Cappuccino Cake

Submitted by Irmgard

"This recipe from BBC Good Food is moist and delicious, perfect for afternoon coffee or a special occasion dessert."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 15

ingredients

• 250 g butter, at room temperature
• 280 g self-raising flour
• 250 g golden caster sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 150 ml plain yogurt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 100 ml strong coffee

• Icing

• 140 g icing sugar
• 350 g cream cheese
• chocolate-covered coffee beans, for garnish

directions

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease a 9" x 13" baking pan and line with parchment paper.
3. To make the cake batter, beat the butter, flour, sugar, baking powder, eggs, yogurt, vanilla, cocoa and half the coffee in a large bowl with an electric whisk until lump-free.
4. Spoon into the baking pan, then bake for 25 to 30 minutes until golden and risen and a skewer poked in comes out clean.
5. Drizzle with some of the remaining coffee.
6. Cool in the pan while you stir the icing sugar into the cream cheese.
7. Spread over the cooled cake, dust with a little cocoa and scatter with the coffee beans.